The Evening Star (1996)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Robert Harling

Writers (WGA):

Larry McMurtry (novel)
Robert Harling (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 December 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A story about friends, family and other natural disasters.

Plot:

Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together...

Plot Keywords:

Death | Generation Gap | Grandchild | Lover | Loss Of Daughter

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Shirley MacLaine	...	Aurora Greenway
Bill Paxton	...	Jerry Bruckner
Juliette Lewis	...	Melanie Horton
Miranda Richardson	...	Patsy Carpenter
Ben Johnson	...	Arthur Cotton
Scott Wolf	...	Bruce
George Newbern	...	Tommy Horton
Marion Ross	...	Rosie Dunlop
Mackenzie Astin	...	Teddy Horton
Donald Moffat	...	Hector Scott
Jennifer Grant	...	Ellen
China Kantner	...	Jane
Jack Nicholson	...	Garrett Breedlove
Shawn Taylor Thompson	...	Bump
Jake Langerud	...	Henry

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 on appeal for some sexual situations and brief strong language.

Runtime:

129 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #34750) | Iceland:L | USA:R (original rating) | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | UK:15 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Finland:S | France:U | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Spain:13 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

2349 Tangley Street, Houston, Texas, USA

Company:

Rysher Entertainment

Trivia:

When producers found they could not use the original house used in Terms of Endearment (1983) for the project, they searched Houston for a house that looked similar. When they located one, they found out that the house belonged to the daughter of the person who owned the one used in the original movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Tommy is about to leave from a visit with his grandmother, he covers the brownies she brought him with tissue paper. A second later, we see him doing the same exact thing with the same paper.

Quotes:

Melanie Horton: Oh I thought you sold the Renoir for Teddy's braces? Or then again didn't you sell the Renoir to pay for Tommy's legal defense? The money from that Renoir is like splinters of the true cross, everybody's got a piece!

Movie Connections:

References "Webster" (1983)

Soundtrack:

I Ron't Know What Time It Was

Better than the original...

I truly enjoyed this movie. I thought it was far better than that overrated, boring mess called "Terms of Endearment". It was funny and tragic at the same time. I couldn't have cared less about the people in the first movie but cared about all these characters. I loved the way Aurora mended her relationships with her grandchildren. I disagree with the person who said Miranda Richardson was miscast. I thought she did an excellent job. Her southern accent was a little exaggerated, but I'm from the south and let me tell you, there has never been an authentic southern accent in any film that I can think of. I despised Shirley MacLaine's character in the original but thought she was much more likeable in this one. The relationship between her and Bill Paxton's character was hilarious. There were some parts that were a little too silly (the fight between Patsy and Aurora on the plane, for one) but all in all it was an enjoyable way to pass 2 hours.